Lupinus, commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet, is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centres of diversity in North and Sout
Lupinus polyphyllus 526960203
Lupinus aschenbornii, Nevado de Toluca, Mexico
Canadian tiger swallowtail on wild perennial lupine, Gatineau, Quebec
Lupinus sp., Raspberry Island, Alaska, United States
Bluebonnet is a name given to any of a number of purple-flowered or blue-flowered species of the genus Lupinus and is collectively the state flower of Texas. The shape of the petals on the flower rese
Lupinus
…flowers have an upper standard, or banner, two lateral wings, and two lower petals fused into a keel. The flower shape has inspired common names such as bluebonnets and quaker bonnets. The fruit is a pod containing several seeds. The seeds contain alkaloids which lend them a bitter taste…
Texas bluebonnet -- Lupinus